Minivan carrying more than a dozen puppies crashes in Connecticut. Most are OK
WOODSTOCK, Conn. (AP) — A minivan carrying 14 puppies hit a utility pole and rolled over in Connecticut. The crash in Woodstock happened at about 6…
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Rain helps 1,000 firefighters slow big New Mexico blazes as Biden approves disaster relief
By MORGAN LEE and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — More than 1,000 firefighters in New Mexico took advantage of a break…
Continue ReadingKindergarten student struck and killed by school bus while walking to school with his mother
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a kindergarten student has been struck and killed by a school bus on while walking to school with his…
Continue ReadingUS will redirect air defense interceptor missiles to Ukraine that other allies had on order
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced Thursday that it will rush delivery of air defense interceptor…
Continue ReadingCalifornia voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court has removed a measure from the state’s November ballot that…
Continue ReadingParis awaits for Sha’Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trials
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The endorsement deals have been signed, the commercials have been shot. In some cases, an…
Continue ReadingIndigenous women in Ecuador take on soccer by inventing a sport: handball in traditional skirts
By GONZALO SOLANO TURUCU, Ecuador (AP) — In the Indigenous community of Turucu, near the active Cotacachi volcano in northern Ecuador, soccer had…
Continue ReadingAnother police dog dies while trying to help officers arrest a suspect in South Carolina
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For the second time this month, a police dog has been killed while trying to help arrest…
Continue ReadingCargo ship crew can leave the US under deal to comply with probe into Baltimore bridge collapse
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, SARAH BRUMFIELD and BEN FINLEY Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Crew members on the cargo ship Dali can head home under an…
Continue ReadingNCAA presents options to expand March Madness tournaments from current 68 teams, AP source says
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The NCAA has presented a plan to Division I conference commissioners that would expand the lucrative…
Continue ReadingAuthorities in North Macedonia urge people to take care amid unusually high June temperatures
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia is suffering unusually high temperatures for June. Authorities have urged people to stay indoors…
Continue ReadingA US veteran died at a nursing home, abandoned. Hundreds of strangers came to say goodbye
By PATRICK WHITTLE and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine,…
Continue ReadingAuthorities arrest Alabama man wanted in connection with multiple homicides
MORRILTON, Ark. (AP) — An Alabama man wanted in connection with homicides in Oklahoma and Alabama has been apprehended in Arkansas. Arkansas State…
Continue ReadingAs France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaign
By OLEG CETINIC and ELISE MORTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The alleged rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a suspected antisemitic attack has…
Continue ReadingLebanese officials work to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus following Hezbollah threats
By BASSEM MROUE and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese government officials are working to maintain friendly relations…
Continue ReadingIndian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal granted bail after arrest in bribery case
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian opposition leader and New Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail by a court in the capital after he was…
Continue ReadingAverage long-term US mortgage rate falls again, easing to lowest level since early April
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Home loan borrowing costs eased again this week as the average rate on a 30-year mortgage…
Continue Reading‘Teflon Mark’ Rutte set to bring consensus-building skills from Dutch politics as next NATO chief
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Mark Rutte has gotten to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious…
Continue ReadingThousands in Kenya demonstrate against proposed new taxes
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thousands of mostly young people have demonstrated Kenya’s capital and across the…
Continue ReadingAs millions sweat out the heat wave, blocks of lake ice keep these campers cool
By NICK PERRY, HOLLY RAMER and ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press SQUAM LAKE, N.H. (AP) — As New England baked in a heat wave Thursday, guests at…
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